University of Alberta lab reveals how a much-needed oral antiviral drug confuses the replication...
A University of Alberta virology lab has uncovered how an oral antiviral drug works to attack the SARS-CoV-2 virus, in findings published May 10 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Just how far can kindness travel?
Opinion: Can New Zealanders care about people in low-income countries when we have our own pressing social problems? Nikki Turner speaks to UNICEF Aotearoa.
National clinical trial to treat hospitalised patients with COVID-19
A new clinical trial led by the University of Warwick and Queen’s University Belfast seeks to find alternatives to ventilators to treat patients who are critically ill with COVID-19.
Coronavirus antibodies last at least three months after infection, University of Toronto study finds
Coronavirus antibodies can last at least three months after a person becomes infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study published in Science Immunology.
Covid-19. “The mobilisation of students in the healthcare field has been incredible and essential.”
On the front lines of hospitals’ battle against the coronavirus pandemic, he looks back on his weeks of struggle and the mobilisation of the student healthcare community.
Global COVID-19 treatment trial shows current antivirals are of little benefit to hospitalized patients
In just six months, the world’s largest randomized control trial on COVID-19 therapeutics has generated conclusive evidence..
Majority of Dutch people not lining up for COVID-19 vaccine
An effective and safe COVID-19 vaccine is on the horizon. Still, a majority of people in the Netherlands say they’d rather not take a vaccine as soon as it becomes available, but wait instead.
Turning hotels into emergency shelter as part of COVID-19 response limited spread of coronavirus,...
A King County initiative that moved people out of homeless shelters and into hotel rooms earlier this year helped slow the transmission of coronavirus..
Microbes are becoming more resistant to drugs
Due to the fact that COVID-19 therapy is increasingly based on pharmacological treatment, we are running the risk of speeding up the evolution of drug resistance in microbes.
Study shows impact of pandemic on families with seriously ill children
Many parents of children with chronic illnesses felt hospitals were unsafe during the COVID-19 pandemic and took to social media to find information relevant to them, a Southampton-led study suggests.
